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James Ellroy
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Destination: Morgue!: L.A. Tales (Vintage Original) |
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English |
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400 |
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2004-09-28 |
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1400032873 |
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Vintage |
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0.8 pounds |
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0.79 x 5.21 x 7.97 inches |
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First Edition |
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Dig. The Demon Dog gets down with a new book of scenes from America’s capital of kink: Los Angeles. Fourteen pieces, some fiction, some nonfiction, all true enough to be admissible as state’s evidence, and half of it in print for the first time. And every one of them bearing the James Ellroy brand of mayhem, machismo, and hollow-nose prose.
Here are Mexican featherweights and unsolved-murder vics, crooked cops and a very clean D.A. Here is a profile of Hollywood’s latest celebrity perp-walker, Robert Blake, and three new novellas featuring a demented detective with an obsession with a Hollywood actress. And, oh yes, just maybe the last appearance of Hush-Hush sleaze-monger Danny Getchell. Here’s Ellroy himself, shining a 500-watt Mag light into all the dark places of his life and imagination. Destination: Morgue! puts the reader’s attention in a hammerlock and refuses to let go.
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Robert (USA: CA) (2021/06/05):
A collection of James Ellroy's non-fiction originally published in GQ Magazine, along with four pieces of fiction. One story features Danny Getchell, the editor of Hush Hush magazine, and fan favorite of L.A. Confidential readers. The real draw of this collection is three never-before-published stories starring L.A. cop, "Rhino" Rick Jensen, and actress Donna Donahue.
The non-fiction section feels repetitive and uneven, probably because the pieces were originally published separately. There's still some good stuff there, particularly a true-crime piece on an unsolved murder of a young woman in the 1960s.
The fiction is classic Ellroy, full of alliteration, staccato sentences, machismo and mayhem. I feel the need to warn that the language is extremely denigrating to just about everyone except straight, white cops. Reading these stories is jarring given our current atmosphere.
This book is a must-have for Ellroy completists, but, as Ellroy himself would say, is good for the whole family... if your family is the Manson Family!
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